Diarmuid Gavin
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Diarmuid Gavin at the Dublin Horse Show
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| Born | 10 May 1964 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Templeogue College |
| Alma mater | College of Amenity Horticulture |
| Occupation | Garden designer |
| Spouse(s) | Justine Keane |
| Website | Official website |
Diarmuid Gavin (born 10 May 1964) is an Irish garden designer and television personality.
When Gavin was six, his younger brother Conor was killed by a car while they were walking to school. He received secondary education at Templeogue College, which he recalls the subjects as being "horrifying," with the exception of art classes, and studied horticulture at the College of Amenity Horticulture in Glasnevin, Ireland.
In May 2011 Gavin's "Irish Sky Garden" won the gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. However, it courted controversy when Cork City Council in Ireland agreed to put the garden on permanent display at Fitzgerald's Park in the Mardyke area of the city at a cost of at least €300,000 to the cash-strapped council. Already more than €1.7 million had been given to the project by Fáilte Ireland, the Irish tourism body. The decision attracted widespread criticism including that of a number of Cork city councillors. Councillor Ted Tynan pointed out that there were over 500 boarded up local council houses in the city and demanded clarification from the council as to what the exact cost of the garden would be.
Gavin once presented Surprise Gardeners, a Central TV series and a number of BBC television programmes including Gardeners' World; Home Front with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and, in 2004, a Twofour and RHS production Gardens Through Time. RTÉ is currently screening the television show I Want a Garden.
Gavin, presented an episode of Great British Garden Revival which will air on BBC Two in 2014.
In Autumn 2004, Gavin participated in BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. In Summer 2006, he participated in Only Fools on Horses.
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